Former OHA director reflects on running the agency during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic

Think Out Loud

Former OHA director reflects on running the agency during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Published on Aug 21, 2025, 12:44:50 PM
Total time: 00:23:53

Episode Description

On June 30, 2021, former Oregon Gov. Kate Brown held a Reopening Oregon Celebration at Providence Park in Portland. Years later, Oregon schools and businesses are fully open, many workplaces have returned to in-office work and people regularly gather together inside. Patrick Allen is the former director of the Oregon Health Authority. He ran the agency during the height of the pandemic and joins us with details of what he learned working through a once-in-a-century crisis. 

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